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You Probably Need a Will, So Here's How to Have That Potentially Awkward Conversation with Your Family
Remember, if you die without a will, the state will determine who inherits
"You've never been to see Donna's chickens?" my mother asked from the driver's seat of the family Prius.
"Nope," I croaked. Stuffed between my pregnant sister and her three-year-old in the back, I could barely breathe let alone carry on a conversation. My sister and I visited our parents in California at least twice a year, and as the younger of two adult children, I normally presided over the family agenda. We'd go to the beach, taste wine, or leisurely shop the farmer's market. But the pecking order had recently changed, and this outing reeked of a grandchild.
"Edie's been to see the chickens." She glanced into the rearview mirror at my first and only niece, who sat quietly fiddling with a plastic fairy in her car seat.
At that point, Edie and I hadn't spent much time together. I lived blissfully childfree and thousands of miles away in New York City. I'd never babysat (well, not effectively anyway) and wasn't quite sure what to make of such a tiny person or her casual displays of affection. She was always giving hugs, offering gifts of little or no monetary value, and saying thing like, "I love you, Aunt Sarah."
"I hate this baby," my sister declared just a few days after my parents brought me home from the hospital. She was only three at the time and couldn't possibly fathom what a pill I'd turn out to be. Take my four-year bout of insomnia that began around age six. I'd wake up in the middle of the night and make a beeline for my parents' bedroom. They found a quick fix to deflect the problem: a second twin bed in my sister's room. By the time I went back to sleeping in my own room, she was already in junior high.
Still on rocky terrain emotionally, I wasn't ready for the "important talk" my mother suggested we have.
"What is it," I asked.
Her eyes twinkled.
"How would you feel about having a baby brother or sister?"
She must have picked up on my disappointment because she quickly corrected herself.
"I'm just kidding. Your dad and I are thinking of moving to California."
Tears welled up in my eyes. We'd lived in Illinois for my entire life. All of our friends and family were there. I cried for at least an hour, and for some reason, my parents chose not to move until almost a decade later when I went to college, a plan they basically announced while throwing me out of a moving van in front of my new dorm room.
"Think how fun it will be to come visit," my mother offered.
In another 10 years, my parents were over us entirely. After a few days of hosting the larger, hungrier versions of the children they remember, my mother and father stopped trying to entertain us. Since it takes my family hours to evaluate even the simplest of propositions, visiting a backyard chicken coop wouldn't normally pass muster. For one, it's not "on the way" to anywhere in particular.
"We don't want to be stuck in the car all day," they'd say to avoid a 15-minute drive to pick up milk. My father would go about his daily business: black coffee and cereal doused in orange juice or, lacking that, water. By definition, a destination is always on the way, since it marks the end point of a given route. But try telling that to my family and you're likely to argue over whether to take two cars, Highway 68, or even worse, the dreaded "mileage-cost-to-enjoyment" ratio of the proposed activity.
The day we went to see the chickens, I knew something was amiss. My mother announced we'd be leaving in 30 minutes, which set off a frenzy of gathering: sunscreens, baby books, organic gluten-free trail mix — you name it, we don't want to go without. Whether to bring a coat or a sweater is another major source of controversy, the right answer rooted in a myriad of complexities: the altitude of the destination, proximity to the ocean, and tilt of the earth's axis in relation to the sun. If we plan to be there past dinner, it's best to just bring both.
By the time we're able to fully load into a car, at least one person has to run back into the house to use the bathroom. At that point, I would have normally given up due to a missing sun-hat fiasco — or when I found out there wasn't enough room in the cooler for my hastily prepared turkey sandwich. But for fear of being forced out by an interloper, I had no choice but to edge my way onto a 12-inch hump of leather upholstery.
"Alright chickadees, we're here," my mother said, as we pulled into a long and winding driveway. Her friend, Donna, greeted us at the sliding glass door.
"Why Edie, you've gotten so big," she said kindly before leading us toward a fenced-in enclosure at the back of the house. A large but narrow coop made up of a roosting area and enclosed run lined the back fence. Next to it sat what appeared to be a miniature red barn with a chicken-size set of double doors. An older man with thick glasses (whom I knew as half of "Donna and Bill") opened the doors to reveal a nest and a three freshly laid brown eggs. I assume he did this for Edie's benefit, but I rushed up to get a better look anyway.
"Are those the eggs?"
I guess he thought it was a rhetorical question. Without pause, he unlatched the coop, and a dozen chickens flocked out into the yard.
"Aunt Sarah, come chase the chickens with me!" cried my little niece.
I pretended to only be indulging the request of a child and shrugged my shoulders at the other adults. Secretly, I'd waited my whole life for such an invitation. A much more formidable opponent than a three-foot galloping toddler in an all-purple outfit and fuchsia sunglasses, I stood erect at an impressive five-foot-five (okay, four-and-three-quarters, but that didn't stop me from spooking those birds!). About 15 minutes into the whizzing feathers and pecking of beaks, I started to wonder how this henhouse functioned.
"Is there a rooster?" I asked its owner, Bill.
"Nah," he said. "The neighbors wouldn't much care for the noise."
Hmm, I wondered, attempting to mentally parse the physics of chicken sex. In the better part of 30 years, I'd learned that my mother was the best person to field questions about reproduction. On a family trip to Florence, I'd asked her why the penises on all of the statues were so small. Since the women were also oddly portrayed as round and cherub-faced with dainty features, I thought maybe it was an evolutionary thing.
"This might be a stupid question," I asked. "But how do the chickens lay eggs with no male?" My mother's reaction was one I'd seen many times before — usually after she went to a good deal of trouble to give me important instructions on how not to set the house on fire. I respond with, "Got it. What were we talking about again?" She then makes a frustrated horse-like exhalation whereby enough air escapes her mouth to dishevel her pretty salt-and-pepper-colored bangs. The overall effect is the look of someone whose life I've ruined solely by existing.
"They're unfertilized, ding-dong."
A few months later, it occurred to me that perhaps I'd been the one to drive my parents insane. We'd all made the annual pilgrimage back to Illinois for a family reunion — and to spend time with Edie's new little sister, Annabelle, who introduced herself by projectile-vomiting down the back of my shirt. Since my baby-handling skills were no better than Edie's, we sat at a plastic table in the corner and colored together quietly.
One evening, after helping her into a pair of pink pajamas and reading an hour or so worth of children's stories, she finally appeared ready for bed. I kissed her on the cheek, closed the door, and tiptoed into the bathroom for a hot shower. I was just beginning to relax when I heard a singsong voice through the drizzle.
"Aunt Sa-rah!"
A tiny blonde head popped in through the shower curtain.
"Yes, dear," I sighed.
I'd finally broken through to the other side.


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VW Monkey Tests showed that an Old Ford Pick-Up is Cleaner than a New Beetle
News of experiments on monkeys and also 2013 tests on human volunteers in Germany has sparked outrage among German politicians and forced apologies from VW, BMW and Daimler.
On investigation into the affair, VW's chief lobbyist was suspended.
Prof Hutter told Bild the monkey experiment was "unbelievable and would probably not have been allowed in Europe".
On Wednesday a VW spokesman declined to comment on claims the company wants to keep the monkey test results out of a class-action lawsuit it is fighting in the US. But Mr Michael Melkerson, lawyer for VW drivers, has described the test documents as crucial for the case due to open on February 26th.
According to tests on monkeys in Germany, an old Ford pick-up is actually cleaner than new Volkswagen Beetle.
Emissions tests revealed that fumes from a newer VW Beetle were more harmful to animals than 20-year-old Ford's.
The test was financed by Germany's car industry but it was subsequently buried.
The controversial report suggested that emissions from a 2013 VW Beetle diesel were more unhealthy than those from a 1999 Ford diesel pick-up.
The lobby group was financed by VW, BMW, Daimler and their major supplier Bosch. They commissioned researchers in Albuquerque, New Mexico in the United States to carry out the experiment on 10 macaque monkeys.
The final 58-page report was leaked to the press in Germany detailing that at 6.34am on May 4th, 2015, the monkeys were isolated in glass cases and allowed watch cartoons while exhaust fumes were pumped in from a 1999 Ford pick-up and then from a newer 2013 VW Beetle.
The monkeys were removed at 11.20, 1.40pm and 3.10pm at which time they were tested for the effects of the fumes.
Blood was taken and an endoscopy tube was inserted into their mouth or nose to examine the condition of bronchial tissue in their trachea.
Researchers at the Lovelace Institute noted that the animals were "stressed" because of the invasive examinations.
The experiment showed that there was a "biological response" to diesel emissions in non-human primates.
The EUGT industry lobby group commissioned and financed the research, hoping the results would show the modern German diesel caused less irritation in the animals but the opposite effect was discovered.
Although the bigger Ford pickup was almost 20 years old, and the VW was using defeat software to reduce emissions to just a fraction of ordinary road levels, the Beetle seems to have caused greater harm to the animals.
Prof Hans-Peter Hutter, a specialist who studied the report for Bild said it was also possible the inflammation was caused by pre-test examinations.
"More inflammation was noted in the animals who breathed in the new diesel [emissions],"
The test cost EUGT a reported $649,000 but, in an email to employees, a Lovelace researcher admitted "these aren't the results you expected".
Another US researcher, back in November said in a message that he had "tried to take the sting out of the results".
The report was supposed to be published on December 31st, 2015, but a final version was sent on June 30th, 2017, to EUGT chief executive Michael Spallek and Stuart Johnson, head of VW's environment office in the US.

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We went to visit the white elk again. These are not albino elk, but a species of elk that's fairly rare. They're on a farm- it isn't hard to get photos of them, but I think the white elk are so beautiful, and a sight you don't see very often, so I'm uploading some more photos of this elk.
This is the first time I've caught this elk bugling. They live near Fairfield, Montana, along a gravel road.
My Nikon is in for repairs, so I used my old Canon 10D to take this photo. That old camera keeps chugging away, I love it! :) 70-300 mm Canon lens.
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Chicago's Federal Gun Prosecution Tally Trails Other Cities
A published report says Chicago's U.S. Attorney's office has stepped up gun prosecution cases, but the office lags behind those in other cities plagued by gun violence.
Former U.S. Attorney Zachary Fardon said recently in his final days in office that Chicago prosecuted more gun cases last year than any year since 2004.
The Chicago Sun-Times reports 105 weapons cases in the year that ended Sept. 30, the highest annual total in at least two decades.
But federal prosecutors in St. Louis pursued nearly triple the gun cases. Detroit had double.
Also, few of the Chicago cases involved serious trafficking offenses. For over 60 percent of defendants the most serious charge was illegally transporting or possessing firearms. For about 20 percent, it was using a gun in a drug deal.


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Fermanagh Mallards bounced back from last weeks disappointing 5-0 league decider defeat at the hands of Comber Rec Ladies to comprehensively beat Craigavon and claim the Division 3 League Cup at Holm Park, Armagh.
The Mallards started well and managed to settle their nerves in the 4th minute, when the ball arrived at the feet of forward Eimear Keenan, and she managed to squeeze a shot under flailing Craigavon keeper Mairead Connolly to make it 1-0 with the first effort on goal.
Craigavon kept their heads up, and stayed in the game but after the first 10 min Fermanagh were on top, but only had the one shot to show for their dominance. Craigavon managed their first shot after 12 min, but it was a header from 15 yards that went well wide.
Keenan was seeing a lot of the ball early on, and 15 min broke past two players and got a shot away from a good position, but it went wide of the target. Two minutes later winger Naomi Cathcart was played clean through one on one with the keeper and would have had a clear shot on goal only to be denied by tremendous last ditch slide tackle from a backtracking Sacha Malone. The resulting corner was headed over from a yard by Ellie Rix.
Craigavon were defending reasonably well, especially down the left with captain Tina Matier, but they were unable to get the ball out of their own half. This continuous pressure from the Mallards paid off on 25 min when midfielder Louise Noble picked the ball up from deep, beat two players and hit a 25 yard dipping shot over the stranded Connolly to double her team's advantage.
Noble added a second two minutes later, when she again picked the ball up from deep and ran through the defence, this time slotting the ball past the keeper into the bottom corner, making it 3-0 on 27 minutes.
Forward Nicola Hynes really should have scored on 29 min when a free kick was played in and she ran through to beat the offside trap, only to volley into the arms of the well positioned Connolly. It didn't matter though, as the 4th came one minute later from the spot, when Matier mistimed a tackle on Cathcart in the box to concede a penalty, which wriggled in just under the bar from Keenan despite the keeper getting a hand to it.
Noble, Keenan and midfielder Cathy Dane all had good chances to further extend their already very healthy lead before the break, but were unable to put them away, leaving Fermanagh 4-0 to the good at half time.
Craigavon started better in the second half and a really nice passing move on 51 minutes led to forward Rebecca Lavery playing the ball across the goal to the unmarked Stephanie Potts, who had time to lash a shot towards the net, which hit the far post and rebounded along the line, but was hacked off the line to safety by Mallards captain Louise Thompson.
Craigavon were getting a foothold in the game and two minutes later they had a penalty themselves as Lavery was hacked down in the box after a smart advantage from the referee. Striker Kirsty Treanor stepped up and it hit it well, but keeper Cleona Bogue got a hand to it and palmed it back into the area. Treanor was not to be denied though as she calmly slotted the rebound past Bogue into the net to cut the deficit.
However that was it for Craigavon, as Fermanagh upped the tempo, and they grabbed two more goals in the next 10 minutes to completely quash any glimmer of hope Craigavon had after scoring. The first was a smart finish from Noble to complete her hat-trick when she was clean through, and the second was a sublime solo effort from substitute Alice Hurst, where she picked the ball up, beat a player, stopped, rolled another player, beat one final player and smashed a low shot into the net, giving Connolly no chance.
There were a few other chances for Fermanagh to extend their lead after this, but the rest of the game was over-shadowed by a seemingly innocuous challenge on Rix, who was then replaced as a precaution, but received first aid on the side lines and eventally required an ambulance.
The spark was taken out of the game at this point and it finished with a comprehensive 6-1 for the impressive Fermanagh Mallards, who not only finish the season with some deserved silverware, but will also begin next season promoted into Division 2 along with league winners Comber Rec.
Mallards manager Gareth McGuckin was very pleased with the result. "We were the better team all over the pitch tonight. It was good to get over the disappointment of losing the league decider, and we can finish the season with a trophy."
The Mallards have a good core group of players, and McGuckin not only has sights on survival next season, but he believes his team can go all the way and challenge for the Division 2 title in their first year in the division. It will be interesting to see how far they can go.
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Ready for the first TEST Flight but unfortunately this test didn't go to plan. I found the bird needed a 3-Axis GYRO for stabilization. Current status: A work in progress until the electronic stabilization is purchased. An alternate option would be to install the Trex 450 Main Rotor with it's Fly-bar stabilization.
Tail Riser: The problematic plastic idler pulleys replaced with steel bearings
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LED wiring and testing.
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Trex 450 Skeleton for the UH1: Showing the Tail Riser assembly and the Scale Main Rotor Head. Also shown the Spartan QUARK, ICE50 ESC, 3 x Servo placements
Shopping for the UH1, Digital Pitch Gauge, Bubble Level, TRex Pro Tail Grips and Hub, TRex Pro Bell-Crank and Slider, KDE Direct Series V2 Tail Upgrade
Kit contents but not shown here is the 'Tail Riser' assembly
ALIGN TRex 450sa plastic Tail Casing will be used. Note, the stock casing came standard with a plastic Drive Pulley which I have replaced with a CNC version shown here
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We've seen rapid success with NI CompactDAQ because it combines several popular features into one system. USB plug-and-play functionality, along with more than 30 hot-swappable modules, makes NI CompactDAQ one of the easiest and fastest data loggers on the market to set up and use
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National Instruments (Nasdaq: NATI) announced today that it has nearly tripled the number of I/O modules available for NI CompactDAQ, adding several new key measurements and capabilities to the USB-based modular data acquisition system. Additionally, every NI CompactDAQ chassis is shipped with the new National Instruments LabVIEW SignalExpress data-logging software, providing quick acquisition, analysis and presentation of data in an interactive, nonprogramming environment. The new software option and broad range of I/O modules provide a simple, complete and powerful data-logging solution for electrical and sensor measurements on the benchtop, in the field and on the production line.
NI CompactDAQ offers an easy-to-use USB interface to the PC and combines sensor connectivity, signal conditioning and analog-to-digital converters in a single, user-configurable system. Engineers and scientists now have 19 new module options when building their systems, including ±20 mA current I/O; high-speed, high-voltage and channel-to-channel isolated analog inputs; RTD sensor inputs; and high-density digital I/O, as well as a universal input module. All modules are hot swappable and feature built-in isolation to ensure system and user safety.
The compact size (25 by 9 by 9 cm) and rugged design of NI CompactDAQ make it ideal for portable and field applications. With a 30 g shock rating, -20 to 55 °C temperature range, cable strain relief and flexible AC or DC power options, NI CompactDAQ also is superb for machine builders operating in industrial environments. In addition, NI CompactDAQ features NI signal streaming technology, so engineers can acquire and generate high-speed, bidirectional waveform signals at 6.4 MS/s.
NI LabVIEW SignalExpress adds further flexibility, speed and ease of use to the NI CompactDAQ platform. The data-logging software significantly shortens time to measurement and requires no programming. Whether creating in-vehicle, portable or benchtop data-logging projects, engineers can quickly connect the NI CompactDAQ chassis to their PCs or laptops, select a module and within seconds view live data in LabVIEW SignalExpress. They can then easily export data by dragging and dropping it into a spreadsheet or other third-party application. As with NI CompactDAQ hardware, the software is scalable to meet larger or more complex data acquisition needs. With advanced LabVIEW SignalExpress features, engineers can set event conditions and alarms, choose from more than 200 analysis and processing functions or generate new code in LabVIEW for custom functionality.
"We've seen rapid success with NI CompactDAQ because it combines several popular features into one system. USB plug-and-play functionality, along with more than 30 hot-swappable modules, makes NI CompactDAQ one of the easiest and fastest data loggers on the market to set up and use," said Pete Zogas, NI senior vice president of sales and marketing. "The LabVIEW SignalExpress companion software greatly shortens time to measurement and should further increase the popularity of NI CompactDAQ by making software configuration as easy as hardware setup."
NI CompactDAQ users can also benefit from included NI-DAQmx driver software and measurement services - an interactive suite of data-logging tools, configuration management and wizard-like development interfaces that enables simple hardware setup and configuration. For programmers, NI-DAQmx driver software features multidevice synchronization, automatic code generation and a high-level, open API that offers the same programming environment across devices, programming languages and operating systems.
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In early March, the UK's Supreme Court ruled in two cases concerning offshore vehicles, which were set up over a decade ago in Jersey and the Cayman Islands, that shares awarded to employees as bonuses should have triggered tax payments to the UK revenue authorities. In a fairly blunt assessment, the Supreme Court said that they "had no business or commercial rationale beyond tax avoidance."
The media attention has focused on the legality of such schemes, which has been a recurring theme in many other cases. This oversimplifies the issue and overlooks a number of relevant considerations.
UK tax law, or most tax law for that matter, is exceptionally complex. An inevitable product of such complexity is a body of intelligent and highly educated individuals who are able to analyse domestic tax law in the wider context of the international fiscal landscape and devise intricate schemes that exploit the legislative cracks and crevices to minimise the tax liability of any given individual or organisation.
Similar schemes or structures have been openly referred to as being "legal" and, accordingly, assumed to be entirely legitimate for exploitation. This is a term that seems increasingly inappropriate when one considers how most tax planning schemes find their way on to the shelves. The use of the word "shelves" is intentional, as many of these products are commoditised, albeit there are more sophisticated versions that have elements of customisation.
If a scheme is designed or approved at great expense by a tax Queen's Counsel or firm of highly respected accountants, this does not make it legal. At the head of the document setting out the terms of the scheme the word "OPINION" usually appears in bold, capital letters. The use of this word is not an accident. What this word implies is that what is being proposed is not rendered specifically illegal by the legislation as it stands. There is not likely to be a statement in the law permitting such a scheme, nor has there been a court decision declaring such a scheme to be legal according to the law as it currently stands. In fact, by definition, the nature of such structures normally places them outside the contemplation of the drafter. It is simply the opinion of one, albeit expert, person.
The problem occurs when this opinion finds its way into the hands of financial advisors and the word "legal" takes a decidedly liberal turn. It might well be used to support the legitimacy of a number of tax planning schemes marketed to a broad customer base as "legal." It might seem like a subtle distinction, but it is an important one.
The UK revenue authority, HRMC, probably has the intellectual power of its private sector rivals, but given the volume and speed to market of such schemes, it lacks the capacity to deal with all schemes about which it has doubts. This is probably why it took over a decade for the UBS and Deutsche Bank schemes to be tested in the UK's highest court. However, when one drills into the schemes, it is not the legality (in the sense of criminal tax evasion) which is in question. At its heart, is the question of whether the scheme produces the tax effects that it was designed to generate.
Currently, when one scheme is deemed not to produce such tax effects, it is mothballed, possibly restructured and the next idea is developed. A general theme of tax tribunals and the court system, in general, is that they are increasingly moving toward an interpretative approach to such cases, i.e. what the legislature intended when it drafted the law, as opposed to a strict reading of the law. This is likely to lead to more cases being settled in favour of HMRC as other recent cases have shown, but creates uncertainty in the minds of advisors and taxpayers.
The bedfellow of the "legal" issue is the phrase "aggressive tax planning." Like many things, there is no definition, but the educated layman, and certainly those operating in the offshore financial services industry, are likely to recognise it when they see it.
Tax planning operates on a spectrum. At one end are well understood and entirely transparent tax mitigation techniques starting with efficient tax allowances and the like. The spectrum then moves through schemes until it finally ends up with schemes that are novel, supported by opinions and appear to play to the form, rather than the substance, of the arrangements.
It is only when they are tested by the court system that it is finally determined as to whether they "work."


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Skip to comments.The Black Pledge of Allegance used instead of our Pledge.('Black Pledge' posted on school Web site)
Posted on 01/28/2002 9:29:07 AM PST by vannrox
'Black Pledge' posted on school Web siteEllen Sorokin
THE WASHINGTON TIMES Published 1/28/2002
A public school district in Oklahoma City has been accused of espousing black separatist doctrine because a copy of the "Black Pledge of Allegiance" is posted on its Web site.
FR Poster Note: The Washington Times Editor of this article found it necessary to conserve space by omitting the last four lines. These lines convey the entire intent and bredth of the argument against the issue. The reason for this is unknown, but highly suspect.
We pledge allegiance of the red, black and green .
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Students are encouraged to research and reflect on their heritage. In the course of these studies students often find documents from the past that may be pertinent or relevant to times in which they live.
Approximately three years ago during a cultural awareness instructional unit, Millwood Middle School students discussed the "Black Pledge of Allegiance," that had been found in their research or study. From their discussion, they recognized the struggles of their ancestors and the need for students to practice self love; to appreciate the freedoms that are an outcome of the Black struggle; and to demonstrate self-determination by performing well academically.
They recommended to the middle school administration that the pledge be placed in the middle school planner as a reminder to all students of the struggles and the importance of love, freedom and self-determination.
The author is unknown. It is unknown, also, what the author meant by nation. There are four (4) definitions of nation in the standard edition of the American Heritage Dictionary:
FR Poster Note: It is unknown what the author meant by Nation? Say What?!?!?! Note:
1. A relatively large group of people organized under a single, usually independent government; a country.
2. The government of a sovereign state.
3. A people who share common customs, origins, history, and frequently language; a nationality.
4. a. A federation or tribe, especially one composed of Native Americans.
b. The territory occupied by such a federation or tribe.
The Black Pledge of Allegiance is NOT recited within the district. The Pledge of Allegiance to the American Flag is recited in many of the classrooms and during all assemblies.
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I Pledge Allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands, one Nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.
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We pledge allegiance of the red, black and green
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Oklahoma City School Children Pledge Allegence To BLACK Flag!
What the heck is this (BLACK PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE?)(BARFORAMA) (MY TITLE)
What's surprising is that the Washington Times took 10 days to pick up on it and watered down the impact of the article by not posting the entire pledge. I guess they're becoming too much like the other newspaper in town, named the comPost isn't it?
Now it's definately racist (some would say) -- but why isn't it racist with "black" in there?
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a position of authority, as of a judge, professor, etc
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the chair, Informal
electric chair
sedan chair
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a glassmaker's bench having extended arms on which a blowpipe is rolled in shaping glass
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to install in office
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to preside over a meeting, committee, etc
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get the chair, to be sentenced to die in the electric chair
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Over the years, a lavish array of around 70 tribunals has been set up to hear appeals by claimants against decisions by public authorities. These deal with areas ranging from consumer credit to criminal injuries compensation, from gambling to gender recognition.
But although these tribunals have generally had to decide disputes between the government and the citizen, they were often appointed, funded and supported by the very departments against which they ruled. And though they operated as informal courts, their legally-qualified chairmen were not regarded as judges.
Worse still: even though they were not independent of government, these tribunals were independent of each other. So it was not possible to share expertise or common services.
Bringing them together in a new structure was the obvious answer. Best of all, it should even save some money — which is why the Government accepted recommendations in 2001 from an inquiry headed by Sir Andrew Leggatt and brought forward what is now the Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007.
The Act creates two new tribunals: the First-tier Tribunal and the Upper Tribunal. As you might expect, cases start in the First-tier Tribunal and there is a right of appeal to the Upper Tribunal. Supported by the Tribunals Service, these new tribunals come into existence today, November 3, 2008.
The First-tier Tribunal will be huge when it is fully operational, dealing with hundreds of thousands of cases a year. It will therefore be divided into chambers. To begin with, these will be:
• Social Entitlement,
• Health, Education and Social Care, and
• War Pensions and Armed Forces Compensation.
Each chamber is divided into "jurisdictions". The Social Entitlement Chamber includes:
• Asylum Support,
• Social Security and Child Support, and
• Criminal Injuries Compensation.
The Health, Education and Social Care Chamber includes:
• Care Standards,
• Mental Health, and
• Special Educational Needs and Disability.
The War Pensions and Armed Forces Compensation Chamber was a late addition to the structure and deals with those areas alone.
Next year, there will be two additional chambers in the First-tier Tribunal, dealing with taxation and land. There will also be a General Regulatory Chamber to mop up some of the smaller tribunals, such as those dealing with information and charities.
The Upper Tribunal will have just one chamber for the time being, called Administrative Appeals. Next year, there will also be a Finance and Tax Chamber and a Lands Chamber. Over time, the Upper Tribunal is expected to develop a consistent body of case-law that will guide all the lower-level tribunals.
Employment tribunals and the Employment Appeal Tribunal are something of an exception since they do not involve disputes between the citizen and the state. They will therefore remain outside this structure, although there will be close links with the new tribunals.
However, it is expected that the current Asylum and Immigration Tribunal will be incorporated into the system next year. That would allow asylum and immigration appeals to be heard by the Upper Tribunal instead of the High Court, which is currently struggling to keep up with them. The Upper Tribunal will be "a superior court of record", like the High Court and the Employment Appeal Tribunal. Judges of the High Court or Court of Appeal will sit in the Upper Tribunal to hear the most important cases.
On the whole, it's intended that tribunal members — both legally qualified and lay people with specialised knowledge— will transfer from the existing tribunals to the equivalent chambers or jurisdictions, thus preserving their expertise.
But, at the risk of devaluing a title that is now given out much more widely than before, tribunal chairmen will become Tribunal Judges — though they will still be addressed as "Sir" or "Madam" in the hearing room, even if they happen to be members of rather grander courts. There will be a Principal Judge for each jurisdiction.
Judge Sycamore, formerly the liaison judge for the Mental Health Review Tribunals in England, has been appointed as president of the Health, Education and Social Care Chamber. Phillip Sycamore was president of the Law Society a decade ago and joined the Circuit Bench in 2001.
Judge Martin, president of the Social Security and Child Support Tribunals, has been appointed as president of the Social Entitlement Chamber. Robert Martin became a Circuit Judge a year ago after serving as a Regional Chairman in the Appeals Service and Immigration Adjudicator.
Above them is Judge Hickinbottom, who becomes acting president of the Upper Tribunal's Administrative Appeals Chamber. That role will become formalised when he is promoted to the High Court as Mr Justice Hickinbottom in January and his successors will then be drawn from the High Court. You can read a profile of Gary Hickinbottom here.
Judge Hickinbottom is also deputy to the new Senior President of Tribunals, Lord Justice Carnwath. In an interview with the telegraph.co.uk law page, Sir Robert Carnwath said the Senior President's role in respect of tribunal judges was very similar to that of the Lord Chief Justice in relation to the court judiciary. "He is responsible for training, guidance, welfare and for representing their interests to ministers and Parliament," Sir Robert said.
But there was one additional role that the Lord Chief Justice did not have. "The Senior President has a specific duty to promote the special characteristics of tribunals, which are accessibility, efficiency, expertise and innovation."
Once the new system is established, Lord Justice Carnwath intends to spend half his time hearing appeals in the Upper Tribunal and the remainder sitting in the Court of Appeal. Sounds like he has an interesting few months ahead.
First published November 3, 2008.


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I have been caring for the Unofficial Weaver Pages since I first created them back in 1997. When I first dabbled in Web site design, I asked God to help me create a site that wasn't strictly links (many sites were, back then), but that was useful and informative for visitors. Another woman began the email list, and I offered to post back issues at my site. After about a year I invested in a domain name through a company dealing with shared domains, and that's when the site "went live."
I am not an employee of Alpha Omega Publications, and I never have been. That's what makes me "Unofficial." I maintain this site because I believe in the Weaver curriculum. It is based on the Bible, has taught me about God, and has led me in a closer walk with Him. I believe in this curriculum. I believe it will bless any family that uses it. I believe it will work for any family that is committed to teaching their children.
I also know that Weaver is not a magical, self-teaching curriculum. When a family chooses to homeschool, they are taking on the responsibility to home educate their children. Of all the moms I've spoken with, the ones who seem to burn out the fastest, and even quit homeschooling, are the ones who are trying to "do school at home." They don't have time to plan, nor time to gather resources, and they certainly don't have time to correct papers. I don't know why anyone would believe they can just put a book in front of a grade-school student and expect that child to learn.
Children, when left to their own devices with no supervision, will choose to play instead of work. Successful homeschooling families have made education come alive–it's fun, and their children enjoy learning! Weaver makes it easy to have fun in school. With minimal seatwork, lots of discussion and reading, and some hands-on activities, Weaver brings the family unit closer together by teaching them together.


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Statistics recently released by the police show that carjackings have increased by a concerning 14.3% since last year and by 55% over the past four years.
Bianca de Beer of Dialdirect insurance company said: "Our claims statistics note a similar upward trend in hijackings.
"Our statistics mirror those of the SAPS and show that the majority of hijackings take place in Gauteng, followed by KwaZulu-Natal and then the Western Cape."
With that in mind, follow these practical tips to avoid becoming a hijacking statistic. Some of them are common sense, some we have read about before, but we can never be too safe.
1: Plan your route
Use a GPS to avoid getting lost and becoming an easy target. Inform the people/person at your destination about your estimated time of arrival.
2: Stay alert
Always be aware of your surroundings and look out for anything suspicious.
3: Be confident and focused
Limit distractions, such as checking or talking on your cellphone while walking to or from your car.
4: Lock up
Avoid driving with windows open, keep the doors locked and lock valuables out of sight. Install smash-and-grab window protection if possible
5: Mix things up
Vary the routes you take to make it less predictable for criminals.
6: Check the tail
If you suspect you are being followed, make a couple of false turns. If someone is still following you, drive to the nearest police station.
7: Allow space
Leave enough room between you and the car in front of you to avoid being boxed in.
8: Be savvy with your stopping
Slowdown in such a way that the light is green by the time you reach a traffic light, especially late at night — this way you avoid coming to a complete stop and reduce your risk of becoming a target.
9: Pick your parking spot
Always park in a safe, well-lit area. Be aware of suspicious people loitering about.
10: Use panic buttons
If you sense you're in danger, use the panic button on the tracking device – if it has one.
11: Go electric
Many hijackings happen as you are entering or leaving your home. Having a well-lit, shrub-free driveway and an electric gate (that can switch to a battery during power failures) can help you get in and out safely. Use the remote to close the gate behind you. This limits a criminal's window of opportunity.
12: Know your neighbour
Knowing your neighbours and the cars they drive will help you to better identify suspicious individuals and vehicles in your neighbourhood.
13: Keep an SOS phone
Keep handy a spare small and cheap phone loaded with airtime and emergency contacts (including your insurer) so that you can call for help even if your car and valuables are stolen.
14: Keep your car in tiptop shape
A broken-down car makes you a target for would-be hijackers who will settle for a raid of your valuables.
15: Finally, try and remember these seven golden rules should you ever have the misfortune of being confronted by a hijacker
- Remain calm
- Do not argue
- Do not make sudden gestures
- Avoid eye contact but try to remember what the carjacker looked like by identifying and remembering special features
- Comply with the hijackers' directions (within reason)
- Try to get away from the area as quickly as possible
- Don't be a hero — your life is worth more than your car.


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The Glory-land Highway of Holiness
Song number 535 in our church's song book, is "Glory-Land Way." Are you on the highway of God described in this gospel song? "I'm in the way, the bright and shining way, I'm in the glory-land way. Telling the world that Jesus saves today, yes, I'm in the glory-land way." It refers to the Highway God described in Isaiah 35:8-9, "A highway shall be there… it shall be called the way of holiness; the unclean shall not pass over it; but it shall be for the wayfaring men, though fools, shall not err therein...the redeemed shall walk there:
Men build roads made of virtue and kindness. For example: When Robert Louis Stevenson retired to the Samoan Islands for health reasons, he became a kind and generous friend to the natives there. Stevenson was concerned that only a dirt path lead from the island's harbor; over which natives must carry provisions to the interior. All on his own, Stevenson had a paved road constructed for his people. The Samoans called it, "The Road of a Loving Heart."
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Keeping a Healthy Smile during Halloween
Having a Halloween without candy is like trying to celebrate Christmas without Santa Claus. It's simply not going to happen. And it's not just the kids who love the uncontrolled sugar mayhem. Grownups were kids once too, and nothing says sugar attack to kids of all ages quite like Halloween sweets.
Dr. David Blaustein knows that nothing is going to stop kids (and grownups) from eating way too many sweets, but there are some tips to keep your teeth protected from too much damage this Halloween.
It's not how much sugar, but when
First, a reality check. The experts say it's not the amount of sugar that kids take in at one sitting around Halloween or the holidays. It's the frequency and the time that kids consume sugar that causes cavities and other dental problems. When we eat, we create saliva that acts as a natural mouthwash to cleanse bacteria and protect enamel.
A smart and easy way to make sure that sugary deposits don't linger in the mouth is to make sure to rinse your mouth out with water after each snack and meal. Brushing and flossing are also more important than ever during the Halloween season.
Not all candy is created equal
Some candies dissolve easily in the mouth; the best of these are sweetened with xylitol, which is a natural sugar that comes from fruits. This type of sugar raises the pH level in the saliva, which can help combat bacteria.
The more troublesome culprits are sticky and chewy candies like Skittles, Starbursts, caramels, gummies and Tootsie Rolls which tend to stick to the teeth increasing the amount of time that sugar has to create damage.
Oddly enough, chocolate is actually easy on the teeth because of the rate at which it melts and dissolves.
Sour candy ranks up there with sticky candy as a prime Halloween offender because the high acidity lowers the pH levels in a child's saliva, which reduces its ability to fight bacteria. The high acidity levels may also weaken the thin tooth enamel of a child.
Protect your smile during the holidays
For Dr. David A. Blaustein and his staff at Chelsea Dental Aesthetics, a key word at Halloween is moderation. Too much of anything is usually not good when it comes to taking care of yourself, and it's especially true when it comes to your teeth. If you've been neglecting your teeth, the holiday season of parties is approaching fast. Why not call Dr. Blaustein and give your teeth a tune-up so you look and feel your best?
Call us at 347-973-7527 to schedule your visit and learn more about cosmetic dentistry options in NYC. We're located in the heart of New York City in Chelsea, just below Midtown West in Manhattan, easily accessible from the West Village, Gramercy, and the Meat Packing District.
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Funny how things change in less than a decade. Way back in the early 1990s—an eternity when measured in Internet time—Microsoft decided to bundle its most popular programs in a single package called Office. The individual programs that made up that first Office version had little in common except a few toolbar buttons and top-level menus. It was basically a four-for-one deal, crammed onto a foot-high stack of floppy disks.
Three versions later, Microsoft Office is the best-selling business application in the history of personal computing, with more than 70 million copies sold. In Office 2000, Microsoft has largely delivered on its promise to integrate the different programs that make up Office—toolbars don't just look alike, they use the exact same code, and when you learn how to customize one application you can generally transfer the same skills to other Office programs.
Yes, Office 2000 still has odd inconsistencies, as well as bugs, features that don't work as advertised, and basic interface elements guaranteed to drive expert users crazy. But there are also startling usability improvements, including major improvements in some of the most basic features of Word and Excel, the oldest and most popular Office applications.
The deeper you go into Office 2000, the more you find, including a sophisticated programming language—Visual Basic for Applications—that lets you automate tasks and tie together business processes in ways that are literally limited only by your imagination. Office 2000 also speaks fluent Internet, with superb support for Internet standards—a remarkable achievement when you consider that the World Wide Web didn't even exist when Office debuted less than a decade ago.
Given the remarkable changes in Office through the years, we didn't think it was fair to simply update a previous edition of this book. So what you see in Special Edition Using Microsoft Office 2000 is completely new material, from front to back. You won't find leftover tips and outdated explanations in this volume.
If you need an Office 2000 reference book you can rely on—one that won't bore you with the obvious, pull punches when Office comes up short, or turn mealy-mouthed when you hit the really hard parts—you have the right book in your hands.
As with other titles in Que's best-selling Special Edition Using series, this book focuses on the unique needs of business professionals and business users. We assume you're experienced with Windows, the Web, and, for the most part, previous versions of Microsoft Office. We know that Office is an absolutely essential part of your everyday working life. We're also certain you've experienced your fair share of Office bugs and annoyances firsthand. Because we're confident you've already figured out the basics, we've spent our time figuring out how these programs really work. Trust us—Office has plenty of bugs and poorly designed features, and Microsoft doesn't always make it easy to see how you can combine features or customize applications to increase productivity.
What you'll find documented here is the raw Office, in all its glory, seen through the eyes of experts who have been pushing Office to the limit for years and years. We don't gloss over the rough spots. We show you what works and what doesn't—giving real-world examples and advice for the former and, whenever possible, workarounds for the latter.
We built this book from the ground up as the first Office reference category killer. You'll find page after page after page of previously undocumented material—key details, insight, and real-world advice you can't find anywhere else. And it's all arranged so that you can get in, find the answer you need, apply it to your work at hand, and get out, in record time. There's never been a computer reference book like this: dead-on accurate, encyclopedic, but accessible and usable. It may weigh a ton, but if you need the straight scoop on anything related to Office, this is where you should look first.
If you use Office every day, the book should pay for itself in the first hour—maybe in the first ten minutes. As far as we're concerned, the only correct answer to Microsoft's "Where do you want to go today?" is "Home"—you want to get your problem solved and get home on time. We know that. Even if it seems that Microsoft doesn't.
To top it all off—to seal this book's reputation as a category killer and the best value on the market—we've included a fully licensed copy of the award-winning Office add-on "Woody's Office POWER Pack," or WOPR (pronounced "whopper") 2000. Tens of thousands of copies of WOPR have been sold for $49.95. The latest version, WOPR 2000, is available only on Que's Special Edition WOPR 2000 Pack, which you'll find on this book's CD.
We hope you agree that Special Edition Using Microsoft Office 2000 "raises the bar" for Office reference books.
Special Edition Using Microsoft Office 2000 is organized into 11 parts. Naturally, each of the seven major applications in the Office suite gets its own section. (The eighth application, PhotoDraw, doesn't get its own section—it's covered in the FrontPage section.) Before diving into specific features of Word and Excel, however, we recommend you read through the sections that cover the techniques common to all applications.
Part I, "Common Tasks," covers the essentials of Office, including techniques you can use to transform the Office interface into your own personal productivity center. You'll probably be startled the first time you see Office 2000's radically redesigned Open and Save As dialog boxes. We explain exactly how to use and customize them so that you can find your working files with the fewest possible clicks. This section also covers Office 2000's stellar graphics tools. And if you find the Office Assistant annoying, we show you how to make it disappear, permanently, in Chapter 6.
Previous Office versions included only the most rudimentary Web-page editing tools. This new version is a superb HTML editor. Turn to Part II, "Office and the Web," for in-depth instructions on how you can create, edit, and publish sophisticated Web pages without having to tangle with HTML tags.
Part III, "Using Word," covers the most popular productivity application in Office. We'll walk you through every customization option (including a few you probably never even knew you needed). We'll show you how to supercharge your text-editing and formatting skills, how to manage long documents, and how to automate everyday documents so that they practically write themselves.
Part IV, "Using Excel," shows you tricks you never realized you could perform with this incredibly versatile tool. Check out the examples in our formatting chapters, for example, to see how you can turn drab rows and columns into eye-catching data graphics. We'll explain how to master any of Excel's 300+ functions, as well as which ones are worth memorizing. If you struggled with PivotTables in previous versions of Office, turn straight to Chapter 25. PivotTables (and their graphics cousins, PivotCharts) will change your life—we promise. And we'll show you how to use Excel to create bulletproof worksheets and data-entry forms that you can confidently distribute to even the most clueless computer user.
Outlook 2000 is a strange beast. After you master its sometimes overwhelming interface, you'll use it to tie together contacts, calendars, tasks, and email. In Part V, "Using Outlook," we'll help you tame the flood of email, banish spam forever, keep your address book up to date, and set up reminders so that you never miss another appointment.
Of all the Office applications, PowerPoint is probably the least appreciated. In Part VI, "Using PowerPoint," we explain how this program really works, and we'll help you create compelling presentations that you can deliver in front of a large audience or a small one—or completely unattended over the Web.
And then there's Access, Microsoft's industrial-strength database management program. In Part VII, "Using Access," we focus on building tables, forms, and reports, and using simple (and not-so-simple) queries to find and filter data. We'll also clue you in on techniques you can use to automate everyday business tasks without having to become a programmer.
Although Publisher hardly rates as a full-fledged member of the Office team—it was added to the package at the last minute and suffers from all sorts of shortcomings knowledgeable Office users shouldn't have to endure—we give it a good shot in Part VIII, "Using Publisher." If you know Office, but don't know Publisher, spending some time in this section will pay big dividends.
FrontPage, on the other hand, makes the grade as a comprehensive, useful tool for Web site designers at almost all levels of expertise. Although its Office pedigree has yet to be established (FrontPage, too, is a brand-new addition to the package), and some components of its user interface confound experienced Office users, every serious Office user with Web aspirations should take the time to learn it. Check out Part IX, "Using FrontPage and PhotoDraw," for FrontPage, and a bit of PhotoDraw as well.
If you've tinkered with Word and Excel macros in previous Office versions, Part X, "Automating Office with Macros and VBA," will take you to the next level. We explain the core concepts of VBA, and we'll help you build up a library of useful macros and mini- programs that you can use to become more productive.
If you need to install Office on one PC or several hundred, we'll run through all your options in one of two appendixes at the back of the book. In the last appendix, we'll show you how to use the valuable utilities you'll find on Que's Special Edition WOPR 2000 Pack (the CD-ROM included with this book), including a bonus you won't find anywhere else: a fully licensed copy of Woody's Office POWER Pack (WOPR) for Office 2000.
WOPR 2000 (pronounced "whopper") is available exclusively through Que books and Macmillan Computer Publishing. WOPR is the #1 Office add-in, providing a custom set of tools to enhance Office 2000. The copy of WOPR 2000 on Que's Special Edition WOPR 2000 Pack CD is fully licensed at no additional cost to you. This isn't shareware, freeware, trialware, demoware, or limited in any other way.
For more information on WOPR, see the tear booklet in the front of this book and Appendix B, "What's on Que's Special Edition WOPR 2000 Pack CD."
Special conventions are used to help you get the most from this book and from Office 2000.
Various typefaces in this book identify terms and other special objects. These special typefaces include the following:
|New terms or phrases when initially defined. An italic term followed by a page number indicates the page where that term is first defined.
|Menu and dialog box options with letters that appear underlined onscreen indicate shortcut keys (hotkeys).
|Information that you type, Web addresses, or onscreen messages.
|Typically used to indicate Excel objects, such as functions and cell references.
|Initial Caps
|Menus, dialog box names, dialog box elements, and commands are capitalized.
Key combinations are represented with a plus sign. For example, if the text calls for you to enter Ctrl+S, you would press the Ctrl key and the S key at the same time.
While using Office, you'll find many features that work well together or others that simply don't work well at all without some poking and prodding. We've used this chapter-ending element to point out some key areas in which you can combine features or find startlingly productive new uses for everyday features.
Throughout this book, you'll find Tips, Notes, Cautions, Sidebars, Cross References, and Troubleshooting Tips. These elements provide a variety of information, ranging from warnings you shouldn't miss to ancillary information that will enrich your Office experience, but isn't required reading.
Ed and Woods's "Signature" Tips
Tip #600 from
Tips are designed to point out features, annoyances, and tricks of the trade that you might otherwise miss. These aren't wimpy, run-of-the-mill tips that you learned the first week you used Office and don't need us to tell you. Watch for our signatures on the tips to indicate some industrial-strength—and in many cases never-before-documented—information.
Notes point out items that you should be aware of, although you can skip these if you're in a hurry. Generally, we've added notes as a way to give you some extra information on a topic without weighting you down.
Pay attention to Cautions! These could save you precious hours in lost work. Don't say we didn't warn you.
We designed these elements to call attention to common pitfalls that you're likely to encounter. When you see a Troubleshooting note, you can flip to the Troubleshooting section at the end of the chapter to learn how to solve or avoid a problem.
Cross references are designed to point you to other locations in this book (or other books in the Que family) that will provide supplemental or supporting information. Cross references appear as follows:
→ For a full discussion of the wonders of PivotTables, see "How PivotTable and PivotChart Reports Work."
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First 2 miles of trail been turned into paved road, next 1 1/2 miles where small loose rocks. After that, they stopped maintenance on the trail.
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Have made this hike several times. Is one of my favorites in the area. Very few people and stunning views.
Just finished this hike. Still super hard. Brought my dog and that was sort of scary. Definite scrambling at the top.
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Turkey is home to a growing number of refugees fleeing the unrest in Syria, where more than 9,000 people have been killed since March last year, according to UN figures.
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Notice; location change.
The SEDAR process consists of a series of three workshops: a data workshop, an assessment workshop, and a review workshop. This is notification that the location for the Review workshop has changed. See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.
The review workshop will be held May 16-20, 2005.
The Review Workshop will be held at the Caribe Hilton, Los Rosales Street, San Geronimo Grounds, San Juan, Puerto Rico 00901.Start Further Info Start Printed Page 24396
Graciela Garcia-Moliner, Caribbean Fishery Management Council, 268 Munoz Rivera Ave, Suite 1108, San Juan, PR 00918-2577; telephone: (787) 766-5927; or John Carmichael, SEDAR Coordinator, SEDAR/SAFMC, One Southpark Circle, Suite 306, Charleston, SC 29407; telephone: (843) 571-4366 or toll free (866) SAFMC-10; fax: (843) 769-4520.End Further Info End Preamble Start Supplemental Information
The original notice published in the Federal Register on February 25, 2005 (70 FR 9273). This notice serves as a correction to the address of one of the workshops.
The Gulf of Mexico, South Atlantic, and Caribbean Fishery Management Councils, in conjunction with NOAA Fisheries and the Atlantic and Gulf States Marine Fisheries Commissions, have implemented the Southeast Data, Assessment and Review (SEDAR) process, a multi-step method for determining the status of fish stocks in the Southeast Region. SEDAR typically includes three workshops: (1) Data Workshop, (2) Assessment Workshop, and (3) Review Workshop. The product of the Data Workshop and the Assessment Workshop is a stock assessment report, which describes the fisheries, evaluates the status of the stock, estimates biological benchmarks, projects future population conditions, and recommends research and monitoring needs. The assessment report is independently peer reviewed at the Review Workshop. The products of the Review Workshop are a Consensus Summary Report, which reports Panel opinions regarding the strengths and weaknesses of the stock assessment and input data, and an Advisory Report, which summarizes the status of the stock. Participants for SEDAR workshops are appointed by the Regional Fishery Management Councils. Participants include data collectors, database managers, stock assessment scientists, biologists, fisheries researchers, fishermen, environmentalists, Council members, international experts, and staff of Regional Councils, Interstate Commissions, and state and federal agencies.
The Review Workshop for SEDAR 8 will review the following assessments: Caribbean yellowtail snapper, Caribbean spiny lobster, and Gulf of Mexico South Atlantic spiny lobster. The Review workshop was originally scheduled to be held at the Best Western, San Juan Airport. That location has changed to the Caribe Hilton, San Juan, PR.
The workshop schedule is as follows:
May 16, 2005, 1 p.m.-10 p.m.
May 17 19, 2005, 8 a.m.-10 p.m.
May 20, 2005, 8 a.m.-11 a.m.
Please note that during the scheduled times there will be a mixture of workshop plenary sessions and dedicated group working sessions. The actual schedule of sessions during each day will be determined on an as-needed basis.
Special Accommodations
These meetings are physically accessible to people with disabilities. Requests for sign language interpretation or other auxiliary aids should be directed to the South Atlantic Fishery Management Council office (see ADDRESSES) at least 5 business days prior to the workshop.Start Signature
Dated: May 3, 2005.
Emily Menashes,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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Set photos of the cast and crew of the NBC pilot online
The small-screen 'Batman' spin-off, fixing on the 'young' Commissioner Gordon
And no, that's not the official picture you see as the thumbnail - that's the previously-released peek
Janet Montgomery, Shane West, Seth Gabel, Ashley Madekwe and Xander Berkeley star
Actress, who kicked off her career on "The OC", joins HBO's untitled rock 'n' roll drama
Lee Daniels will make his TV directorial debut on the drama
"Live Free or Die Hard" actress headed to TV; starring in adaptation of Swedish novel
The next season will feature a new cast, new characters but similar themes
Will end its four-season run with a special one-hour farewell event Friday, April 4
Film and TV veteran to play Bojana Novakovic's estranged father in drama pilot
Former "Last Vegas" star joins the cast of Vince Gilligan & David Shore series
"Arrow" actress to play a member of a werewolf pack on "Bloodlines"
The Scottish American host will produce the Science Channel's upcoming series "I F-ing Love Science"
Bojana Novakovic hired to headline a new series for ABC; is Greg Kinnear next?
"King & Maxwell" actress aboard NBC's "The Pro"
Four shows, including hit sitcom "New Girl", get early renewals
Jack Bauer cross the Atlantis to London for a thrilling international adventure
We kick off with news that "Dark City" star Sewell has been cast in the new Richard LaGravenes drama for ABC
Airing on Sunday, April 13, 2014 LIVE from Nokia Theatre L.A. Live in Los Angeles, California at 9:00 p.m. ET/PT on MTV
The series, from "Mentalist" head-honcho Bruno Heller, stars Benjamin McKenzie as Jim Gordon
The series will star "Rescue Me" and "Terminator : Sarah Connor Chronicles" star Dean Winters.
The series, airing in the Fall of 2014, stars Grant Gustin
New gigs for Fred Willard, Aussie Ben Lawson, Joe Pantoliano, Gina Rodriguez, Indiana Evans and more!
Will air as an episode of it's parent series on April 29
SyFy has announced that the US adaptation of British series "Being Human" has been cancelled.
Curtis, who hasn't been a regular on a series since 1999's "Anything But Love", recently guested on CBS's "NCIS".
"The Knick" is an 8-episode series coming to Cinemax in the Summer
NBC has ordered 13 episodes for a new stand-alone story arc entitled "Heroes Reborn"
Martial-arts favorite Michael Jai White heads to TV, playing Bronze Tiger
Teams with her "American Idol" co-star for new FBI Drama